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1.5 million children in Pakistan face online sexual abuse: Study
Islamabad: About 1.5 million internet-using children in Pakistan experienced at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation or abuse in a single year, according to a new study. The study published jointly…
- India
India slams Pakistan at UN over rule of law
United Nations: India has hit out at Pakistan at the United Nations over its remarks on the rule of law, saying Islamabad cannot deliver “lectures” when “Army is the rule, and Army…
- Middle East
No peace in West Asia without Palestine justice: Pezeshkian
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said lasting peace in West Asia was impossible without justice for Palestine while addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Wednesday, September 23. “Palestine…
- Middle East
Netanyahu flies over 3 countries bound by ICC arrest warrant
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew over three European countries on Thursday, September 24, while travelling to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), despite an International Criminal Court…
- Middle East
Netanyahu calls Iran attack easy decision, blasts UN walkout
United Nations: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday that attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make” and denounced as “moral cowards” a mass…
- World
Turkish President again raises Kashmir issue during UN address
United Nations: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again raised the issue of Kashmir during his address to world leaders at the high-level 81st session of the UN General Assembly. “In South…
- World
Trump urges countries to resign from ICC, calls court ‘rogue’
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, September 22, urged countries to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling it a “rogue institution” that had no authority over the United States…
- Middle East
US allows Iran’s Pezeshkian, Araghchi to attend UNGA
Washington: The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials, including the president and foreign minister, to attend next week’s UN General Assembly high-level meeting in New York even as the…
- World
AI joins list of global challenges on agenda for UN meeting
United Nations: Artificial intelligence is joining the list of significant and complex global challenges that world leaders and diplomats will address at this week’s annual high-level United Nations meeting. Since the AI…
- Middle East
UNGA urges Israel to withdraw, reaffirms two-state solution
United Nations: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted two resolutions requesting Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories and occupied Syrian Golan, reaffirming the two-state solution as the only path to…
- India
India votes against Pakistan resolution on conventional arms control
United Nations: India voted against a resolution by Pakistan on ‘Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels’. The resolution by Pakistan and Syria on ‘Conventional arms control at the regional…
- News
UN general assembly elects 18 members to human rights council for 3 years
United Nations: The UN general assembly elected 18 members to the 47-member Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term. The 18 countries, Benin, Bolivia, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
- World
79th session of UN General Assembly opens
United Nations: The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has kicked off with its new President Philemon Yang calling for deeper international cooperation to tackle a host of global challenges,…
- Middle East
UNGA votes to upgrade Palestine’s membership to special status, bypassing US veto
United Nations: The UN General Assembly on Friday voted to upgrade Palestine’s membership in the world body to a special status aimed at circumventing the US veto of full membership. In the…
- World
India slams Pakistan in UNGA, says it harbours most dubious track record
United Nations: In a sharp retort, India has said Pakistan harbours a “most dubious track record” on all aspects, as it slammed “destructive and pernicious” remarks made by Islamabad’s envoy in the…
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